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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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